Gospels

1455 (Renaissance)

18 cm 27.5 cm

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This Armenian Gospel book was produced in 904 of the Armenian era (1455 CE) at the monastery of Gamaiel in Xizan by the scribe Yohannes Vardapet, son of Vardan and Dilsat, and was illuminated by the priest Xac`atur. The priest P`ilipos commissioned the manuscript as a memorial...

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Created by Yohannes Vardapet and illuminated by Priest Khachatur, Monastery of Gamghiel, Xizan (modern Hizan or Khizan, Türkiye), 1455, for Lord Philippos. Aristakes, Armenia, 1617 [mode of acquisition unknown] [1]. Karapet, Armenia, 1704 [mode of acquisition unknown] [2]. Sahak Vardapet, Armenia, 1749, by purchase [3]. Church of Vardan, Lake Van area, Türkiye, by 1867 [mode of acquisition unknown] [4]. Jacques Rosenthal, Munich, by 1900 [mode of acquisition unknown; Leo Olschki, Florence, 1905, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by 1911, by purchase; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Location unknown; Aristakes had the manuscript binding restored.[2] Location unknown; Karapet was a priest.[3] Location unknown.[4] The location of the manuscript is unknown between 1867 and 1900. S. Der Nersessian suggests in her catalogue of the Walters Armenian manuscripts that this one was removed from the church of Surb Vardan at Van “perhaps at the time of the Armenian Massacres of 1896.”
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